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Originally Posted by stone hands
And in the time frame we have had iron Mike, Brent (and) daryl Sutter and Hartley, all of whom are not known for being fuzzy teddy bears and having about the same success minus daryl in 04
So I would say having a hard ass for a coach really doesn't mean anything
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Why do people keep forgetting context?
Keenan’s team was 2nd and 3rd in the NW.
The year he was fired, they were decimated by injuries down the stretch and hobbled in to the playoffs. They played against Chicago without Regehr (knee), Phaneuf had broken ribs and Sarich a fractured foot. Warrener was also out at that point. I think Langkow had broken hand(s) as well.
They took Chicago to 6 games.
I know that all people point to is the end result but he had a pretty darn good set of reasons why they bowed out in the first round.